TECH REFRESH

Federal enterprise switching infrastructures are getting faster and more sophisticated, judging by additions to two General Services Administration Information Technology Schedule contracts.

Force 3 Inc. has put Cabletron Systems Inc. switching products on its GSA schedule. A five-slot SmartSwitch 6000 chassis goes for $2,018 with a removable fan tray and two slots for power supplies, which Force 3 of Crofton, Md., does not include.

The plug-and-play SmartSwitch 6000 is full-duplex, stackable and compliant with the Simple Network Management Protocol.

Users must buy the $2,528 Infrasoft Standard or $3,541 Professional Foundation to work with any of the Infrasoft MX modules. The $1,609 MXRoad module helps design road projects. The $995 MXRenew is for resurfacing, pavement detours, subgrading and widening efforts.